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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800084503321

Autore

McHugh Paul

Titolo

Prostitution and Victorian social reform / / Paul McHugh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-24775-0

0-203-10404-8

0-415-62360-X

1-136-24776-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: Women's History ; ; Volume 26

Disciplina

306.7/4/0942

Soggetti

Prostitution - England - History - 19th century

Sexually transmitted diseases - England - History - 19th century

Sexually transmitted diseases - Law and legislation - England - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1980.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Regulating Prostitution 3. The Attack on the Acts Launched 4. Defeat and Regrouping 5. The Repeal Campaign in Action - Organisation and Methods 6. The Role of Women in the Repeal Movement 7. Religion and the Repeal Campaign 8. The Liberal Strategy 9. Political Connections and Alliances in the Repeal Campaign 10. Conclusion. Appendices

Sommario/riassunto

In the mid-19th century many parts of England and Wales were still subjected to a system of regulated prostitution which, by identifying and detaining for treatment infected prostitutes, aimed to protect members of the armed forces (94 per cent of whom were forbidden to marry) from venereal diseases.